11.1% ▲ +70.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lara · Urban Centre
Language in Lara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Lara compared to the rest of the country. While 11.1% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 85.9% of residents, though those using other languages at home rose to 11.1% since 2011. Punjabi and Tagalog are the most common non-English tongues, while only 1.0% of people speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +72.3%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Lara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213008/lara/topic/language